The fate of the world is at stake, and I haven`t even made it out of the starting city. The Bard`s Tale IV seems long, to say the least-I`m ten hours in as I write this, and I feel like I just finished the prologue. Suffice it to say, we`re not slapping a score on this one yet.And perhaps that`s a good thing, because The Bard`s Tale IV ($35 on Humble) is a fascinating game that desperately needs polishing up.A looming high-resolution shadow
Let`s just deal with performance first, because it really is abysmal. Listen, I`m running a PC with an overclocked i7-5820K and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. It is absolute overkill for even the most cutting-edge games, and The Bard`s Tale IV isn`t one of them. Art direction is strong, but you wouldn`t look at it and go `Wow, what a technical feat.` Indeed, the recommended specs on the Steam page are a fairly reasonable i5-4590 and a GTX 970.To read this article in full, please click here
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